The team behind the show cited "commercial realities in TV" for the show's closure. The announcement seems to have come as a surprise, with the show only hours prior promoting a giveaway and touching base with readers through Facebook and Twitter.

We feel super proud of everything we built, and we know we’ll find new ways for this community to live on in some form.

Thank you to all of you for your support and encouragement. You’ve been absolutely amazing.

Members of the show have reposted the message from the official screenPLAY account. Miles Ross, co-host and the show's face of esports, also thanked the crew and those who nominated him for the role initially via Twitter.

That’s a wrap.

A special thanks to those who put me up for the job, and the crew for putting up with me on the job.

Real ????

But the true gratitude goes to the community, the MVPs. Your passion, hilarity and love for the show was inspiring.

Co-host and Good Game alumni Stephanie Bendixen also indicated that "there's a world outside of games I plan to explore", although she would always have an outlet for games through streaming and "event coverage".

Thanks for all your kind words tonight! Rest assured I'll always have one foot in the world of gaming. My passion for games will forever have an outlet - via Twitch, event coverage & discussions with all of you. ???? But there's a world outside of games I plan to explore, also. ????

That’s to bad
I liked the show but haven’t been watching lately mainly because every time I flick on to seven mate it was a bunch of wankers talking about afl for hour after the show was supposed to start

Pretty much the same thing really. No Bajo, but what was there instead was worth the inclusion. The esport stuff was more than lipservice, and worth the price of admission alone.

Was more joking that it was the only show of its type on TV these days, now GG is gone. I don't put Spawn Point in the same league, it targets a far younger audience. And had forgotten it was still there when I posted....

Overall though, its format was close enough to GG that its almost the same product, only with added sponsors.

They were active on YouTube and Twitch. And not just reposting highlights of the broadcast show: it was original content for each platform. When they started, they said Seven was interested in a cross-media project rather than a traditional TV show.

It would be interesting to know which platforms they were or weren't profitable on.

What i mean is they should have focused everything behind Youtube and Twitch. There are several companies behind big youtube channels. Seven west Media could have saved a lot of money by just focusing on an internet based program rather than a F2A one. An internet based show also has a lot more flexibility compared to F2A.

I think Seven West media is on a sinking ship (F2A) and they are staying on the ship proclaiming "All is fine" whie at the same time poking more holes in the ship "Endless reality shows"

I used to watch Good Game every week on Iview. I thought i'd transition to Screenplay, but honestly i watched one episode and just never really went back. It wasn't a bad show, but 7mate just wasn't the iview convenience and the show didn't have the authentic Good Game charm.

I did watch Good Game religiously until Nichboy showed up... that kind of killed my interest and unfortunately I had no interest in following him to Seven.

That's the other point - if 9 or 10 had put on a show life this it might have had legs but Seven is the home of lame shows aimed at women in their 50s and 60s! That is not the demo that will land on a show like this.

Pretty sure 9 and 10 would have done no better. 9 already has a tech/gamer show (of sorts), who's name escapes me right now, and its buried with zero penetration. Its basically morphed into something aimed at ma and pa looking to get the latest Harvey Norman option.

CyberShack, that's it. Thanks Mr Google. Who also advises that it started on 10 way back when.

This was always going to happen once good game finished. They were never serious about getting a good video game show on 7. Couldn't have the ABC have anything that keeps its audiences.This is all part of the IPA and Liberal parties plan to break up the ABC. They are almost there. Its such a shame and so transparent.

There are a few who basically follow and even support the ABC with what can only be described as a religious furore.

To them, the ABC can do no wrong and when something bad happens it is somehow the fault of the Liberal portion of the Coalition or an act of national betrayal if former hosts (such as Hex) leave for other ventures.

Yes. If employees decide to go to a commerical station to float a new production (for profit) somehow that's a political decision?

Ridiculous paranoid baseless bullshit. They saw an opportunity and they took it. Simple as that. I should mention that I'm a semi-professional film maker. I've never worked for any of the television stations but I'm familiar with how they operate.

You are living up to your nick today with these very wise words. I think it's sad that some people have conditioned themselves to only see the one enemy behind almost every decision, but that's how some people live. Apparently ignorance is bliss, but it still makes me wrinkle my nose when I see it. But who am I to talk? I can't even spell the word 'commercial' properly.

You're the one talking it up. The emphasis is on you to look into it and supply EVIDENCE.

And if you knew me in real life, I am neither edgy or cool. But I don't like to suffer bullshit like it's the truth. Just back up your words and I'll believe you, until then, you just sound like a brain washed zealout - OMGZ IT WAS THE LNP U GUYS!!!!

Because its true. The liberal party have been trying to and successfully I might add break up the ABC for a long time. It is no secret. ABC good game was a popular show. This one is a no brainer. Look im not going to write pages of information on how the IPA works,Murdoch ,all the stuff about Michelle Guthrie and the aims of the liberal party re the ABC and Murcoch. No conspiracy stuff, its all out in the open. This was obvious when they axed good game, it was never going to work on 7. Religious furore pffft wisehacker stop being a shill for the Liberal party or an edgey a fence sitter (your so cool) lol. ABC has been succesfully destroyed so you should be happy. This was definitely part of the death by thousand cuts. I bought politics into it because it killed a show I loved.

I can't believe you've been downvoted for this. It's not even a secret. LNP have been very open and obvious about this. They installed a new Head and have been axing shows, journalists, and everything else pretty openly. Not to mention the heavily right wing lean that they've begun to take on their news shows. It's open and clear. No secret.

Can I add, like I said to wisehacker, I actually know a bit about this industry and what it takes to get a show going. No-one from the liberal party said "Guys, show's too successful, you need to go to channel 7".

Call me whatever you like, YOU're the one who brought politics into this and I am simply saying "Bullshit, but feel free to supply evidence and I will believe you".

With how overly commercialised the show was, I'm not surprised. I remember watching an episode and felt deterred over the coverage of mostly AAA titles and the show's sponsors. I recall one episode was like "Check out this cool new game by Activision, brought to you by St George. Open an account with St George today to get more dollar for your games" or something like that.

If anyone wants to watch something sort of similar to Good Game but with less of the covering every single new game in as little time as possible and more of the hanging out with friends on a coach stuff the outside Xtra do a show of the weekend every Saturday on YouTube that I quite enjoy. Unfortunately it seems many of the gaming community have turned off their TVs in turn for YouTube and Netflix so at least we have something that's a bit like good game was

Highly doubt it was a surprise to the production team, they just have to keep tight lipped about a sinking ship until it's sunk. I respect the team for trying to reach a "mainstream" audience on commercial TV, with a more honest and less commercial approach than past (failed) efforts. Unfortunately TV is fickle and is usually a case of catching lightning in a bottle, Good Game did this, ScreenPLAY didn't. I would watch GG somewhat regularly and once I started, I would watch the whole episode. ScreenPLAY could barely hold my attention until the next ad break. Good luck to all involved, at least you took a risk and gave it a crack.

Triple AAA games nailing the brief. Indie games surprising people out of nowhere, and expansions and patches that completely turn a game around. It's been a good year for games - now it's time for you to vote for your favourite.